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The latest edition of Bad Habit, the reoccurring party from Brooklyn nightlife promoters Hot Rabbit, featured DJ Whitney Day and DJ Chaotic, with a special performance by Shirley House, and "go-go and vogue magic" by Mela Murder and Rify Royalty. The party went down at Lot 45 in Bushwick. Photos by Maro Hagopian for the Village Voice.

In February, Voice photographers went backstage at New York Fashion Week, visited the indie designer showcase Nolcha, and documented the best street style on New York's icy sidewalks and subways. We also saw some strange things (the image of a burlesque cosplay of Cosmos-era Carl Sagan will...

Dr. Dre turned 50 on February 18, 2015, so to celebrate -- and to pretend it's summertime for a night -- the Dre Day party went down at Kinfolk (94 Wythe Avenue) in Williamsburg on Thursday, February 26, with promises of gin and juice specials all night. Providing the music were Nick Hook,...

Oklahoma native JD McPherson brought his modern-pop take on rockabilly and Fifties rock 'n' roll to the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, selling out the 575-person venue. Singer-songwriter Dylan Pratt opened the show. McPherson performed Tuesday on the Late Show with David...

Early panoramas, along with the portraits and snapshots in the New York Public Library's encompassing exhibit "Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography," reveal that the subjects of photography have changed little since its inception, while the technology has become ever more democratic....

The bizarre Mr. Lower East Side pageant moved from Manhattan to Gowanus this year, as its previous hosts become wary of losing potential investors. That didn't stop the contest from being any less raunchy or aggressively weird, as eleven contestants vied for the title, or even the second-place...

Big Sean's much-anticipated Big Sky Paradise album comes out today, February 24, 2015, and last night, he hosted a listening party for the lucky crowd at Up and Down nightclub (244 W 14th St.). Photos by Laura June Kirsch for the Village Voice.
See also: Kanye West performs with Big Sean...

The sixteenth-annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade went down on Sunday afternoon, with unseasonably warm temperatures into the 40s, and elaborate floats, marching bands, dancing, and acrobats. The year of the ram began on February 19 and ends on February 7, 2016. Photos by C.S. Muncy by the...

Hosted by Anja Keister, burlesque collective D20 presented "Cosmic Burlesque" on Saturday, February 22, 2015 at the Parkside Lounge (317 E. Houston St.) featured a Carl Sagan-inspired performance from Tiger Bay that's was hot enough to stave off the heat-death of the universe. The galaxy's...

The owners of Lower East Side Vietnamese restaurant An Choi rang in their sixth year in business -- and the year of the Ram -- on Friday, February 20, 2015 at the Good Room, the new nightclub that occupies the space at 98 Meserole in Greenpoint, Brooklyn the former home of Club Europa. Photos...